Method of making belaying cleats



Jan. 14, E. PRIEST METHOD OF MAKING BELAYING CLEATS Filed May 2, 1927J]. i J 7] lzlllls /lllllllllllla /lll/ Ian 077 Patented Jan. 14, 1936UNITED stares PATENT orrics EDWARD D. PRIEST, OF SCI-IENECTADY, NEWYORK, ASSIGNOR TO PARKER WIRE GOODS (10., OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ACORPORATEON OF MASSACHUSETTS IwIETHOD OF MAKING BELAYING CLEATSApphcation filed. May 2,

This invention relates to a belaying cleat such as is commonly used forholding a rope on shipboard or elsewhere.

It is the general object of my invention to improve the construction ofsuch belaying cieats, preferably forming the same of round wire rods byfew and simple operations. Further objects are to provide a cleat havinga firm attaching surface and having the neces- 19 sary screw holesformed therein without materially weakening the structure of the cleatat the point where the screw holes are formed.

My invention further relates to an improved method of procedure in theformation of a belaying cleat, and to certain arrangements andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

A preferred form of the invention is shown in the drawings in which Fig.1 shows aportion of a round rod, cut off and bluntly pointed;

Figs. 2 and 3 are side and plan views showing further steps in theformation of my improved cleat;

F at and 5 are similar views showing succeeding steps in the procedure;and

Figs. 6 and 7 are partial similar views showing the formation of thefinished cleat.

Referring to the drawings my improved cleat is formed from pieces ofround wire rod 10, which are preferably bluntly pointed in anyconvenient manner as indicated at 11. The rod 10 is then submitted to apressing or punching operation by which the middle portion 12 isflattened and the stock is prefer ably forced entirely to one side ofthe rod. The ends 13 of the rod are bent upward, either at the samepressing operation or at subsequent operation as may be preferred.

I thenform countersunk depressions 15 in the middle portion 12 of therod by forcing a blunt pointed punch into the portion 12,

without removal of any of the stock. By this operation the stock isforced outward, as indicated in Fig. 5, thus providing countersunkdepressions while retaining substantially as great a cross section ofmaterial at 1927. Serial No. 188,137.

the point where the countersunk depressions are formed as at pointsbetween the depres slons.

The extreme ends of the end portions 13 may be bent downward at thissame operation or at a subsequent operation, to the position indicatedin Fig. 4.

The cleat is then completed by cutting through the bottoms of thedepressions 15, as indicated at 17 in Figs. 6 and 7. As the stock isvery thin at this point, the cutting of the perforations removes only avery small portion of the stock, and the countersunk holes are formedwithout substantially weakening the cleat at the point where the screwholes are formed.

The formation of the screw holes in the manner above described is amatter of very great importance, as the usual cleat formed from roundstock is very much weakened by the provision of countersunk screw holestherein, on account of the large amount of stock removed in forming thecountersunk holes.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, it willbe evident that the number of separate operations may be variedsomewhat. The cutting and pointing may be done by pointing dies, as asingle operation and the flattening, bending, and formation ofcounter-sunk depressions may constitute either one, two or three stepsas preferred, depending somewhat on the size of the stock.

I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed otherwisethan as forth in the claims, but what I claim is 1. The method of makinga belaying cleat which consists in taking a piece of round wire rod,flattening the middle portion, punching countersunk depressions in theflattened portions and forcing the stock outward around said depressionswithout removal of stock, and perforating the thin bottom portions onlyof said countersunk depressions.

2. The method of making a belayin cleat which consists in taking a pieceof round wire rod, bluntly pointing the same, flattening the middleportion and forcing all of the stock to one'side of the rod, bendingupward the end portions, bending the extreme end portions downward,punching countersunk depressions in the flattened ortion and forcing thestock outward aroun said depressions without removal of the stock andperforating the thin bottom portions only of said countersunkdepressions;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

EDWARD 1)., PRIEST,

